Sourdough Everything Bread Recipe
Everything Bagel Sourdough Bread combines great bread with everything bagel seasoning for a flavorful loaf of bread that has great texture. This popular seasoning blend is traditionally found on bagels, but it can be added to anything you want a savory flavor boost.
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New to Sourdough?
If you’re new to sourdough baking, these beginner-friendly guides will help you get started with confidence. Learn how to make a Sourdough Starter from Scratch, feed and maintain it with the Complete Sourdough Starter Guide, and bake your first loaf with this Easy Sourdough Bread Recipe. Together, these guides create a solid foundation for your sourdough journey.
The world of sourdough is delightful, giving us familiar classics like sourdough sandwich bread, sourdough cinnamon rolls, or sourdough brioche bread. Have fun and experiment to discover new flavor combinations.
Sometimes finding great flavors isn’t a matter of inventing something new, but combining what’s right in front of you. It might even be what you have lingering in the back of your cupboard or fridge.
Everything bagel seasoning isn’t new, but it’s delicious and perfect to add to any type of bread.
After one bite, this bagel sourdough bread recipe might just become your new favorite bread. The recipe is straightforward and requires only 5 ingredients. It’s like eating bagel bread, which is never a bad thing. It’s so yummy that your taste buds will thank you!
What Is Everything Bread?
Everything bagel sourdough bread is a loaf of delicious sourdough bread loaded with everything bagel seasoning.
Now you might be asking, what is everything bagel seasoning? The short answer is it’s delicious! But really, it’s a seasoning mix of spices and seeds that typically includes poppy seeds, a blend of both black sesame seeds and white sesame seeds, garlic, onion flakes, and salt.
While everything bagel seasoning isn’t difficult to make, it’s easy to find at a reasonable price. I’ve bought it in bulk at Costco or Trader joe.
Why You’ll Love Everything Bread Recipe
- Versatile – You can enjoy everything bread without making sourdough bagels. Enjoy delicious sandwiches, topped with eggs, avocado toast, a smear of cream cheese, or butter. Really, the possibilities are endless.
- Vegan – Most sourdough breads are made with a short ingredient list that is vegan-friendly.
- Added Fiber – The seeds and spices add fiber and minerals to the bread, increasing its nutritional value.
- Easy – Everything bagel seasoning bread is easy to make and requires minimal kitchen equipment. This is a great beginner bread recipe for new sourdough bakers.
Sourdough Everything Bread Ingredients
- Everything Bagel Seasoning – A blend of seeds and spices first added to bagels, which adds savory and salty flavor and texture.
- Sourdough starter – Like all great sourdough recipes, the heartbeat of a good loaf starts with a healthy sourdough starter. Use active sourdough starter that has been fed recently and allowed to rise to its peak.
- Flour – For this everything bagel sourdough bread recipe, use bread flour since it provides a strong structure from its higher protein content, resulting in a taller loaf with a chewy texture. All-purpose flour has a lower protein content and won’t yield the same results.
- Sea salt – Not only flavors the bread but also helps strengthen the gluten structure.
- Water – I like to use warm, filtered water during the cooler months to encourage the fermentation process.
Equipment to Make Sourdough Bread
- Bowl
- Kitchen scale – A vital tool for measuring sourdough bread dough ingredients. They’re not expensive and will help ensure accurate, consistent measurements.
- Danish dough whisk – I like how a Danish dough whisk cuts through the dough to incorporate the ingredients. A great tool if you plan to bake sourdough bread regularly.
- Lame – A special scoring tool that holds a sharp razor. You can also use a sharp knife, but a lame makes it easy for small, intricate scoring.
- 9″ Banneton basket – A banneton is a proofing basket that provides support for the bread dough as it proofs. Dust with a little bit of rice flour to prevent the dough from sticking.
- Parchment paper or dough sling
- 7 qt Dutch oven or larger – Using a Dutch oven is the best way for home bakers to create an artisan loaf of bread with a beautiful crust. The enclosed baking environment traps steam, allowing the crust to stay moist and expand.
- Digital thermometer – Use to read the bread’s internal temperature to know when the bread is done baking. Great for beginner bakers as they improve their bread-baking skills.
- Cooling rack
How To Make Everything Bagel Sourdough Bread Overview
The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
Step 1: Mix the Levain
Mix active starter, flour, and water in a clean, small jar. Cover, and place in a warm place until it comes to its peak.
Step 2: Mix the Dough
- Combine all of the levain, water, salt, and everything bagel seasoning into a large mixing bowl. Mix with a dough whisk to break up the starter before adding the bread flour. Cover and rest for 30 minutes.
Strengthen the Dough | Bulk Fermentation
- Do a series of stretch and folds to develop the gluten. At first, the dough is shaggy and breaks easily.
- Do 4 sets of stretches with 30-minute intervals.
- By the last set of stretch and folds, the dough transforms into a smooth, elastic dough.
- Cover the bowl and set in a warm spot in your kitchen for 2-4 hours or until the dough doubles in size.
Shape
- Turn out the dough and fold and shape it into a round.
- Pull the dough towards yourself, tightening the top and creating proper surface tension.
Proof
- Place the shaped dough into a banneton dusted with rice flour, seam side up.
Optional Cold Proof
Instead of proofing at room temperature, place the covered bowl or banneton in a plastic bag and refrigerate for up to 24 hours.
What if You Don’t Have a Banneton?
While its nice to have, you don’t need a fancy proofing basket to bake good bread. After the dough is shaped, place the dough onto a piece of parchment paper with the seam side down. Then, using the parchment paper as handles, lift the dough back into the bowl. Cover the bowl and refrigerate.
Bake
- Preheat the Dutch oven for 30 minutes at 450°F/232°C.
- Tip the bread dough onto a piece of parchment paper. Spray the top of the dough with water before sprinkling with Everything Bagel Seasoning. Gently press the seasoning into the dough.
- Score the top of the dough and lift into the hot Dutch oven
- Bake for 30 minutes with the lid on. Remove the lid and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes. The internal temperature of the bread will be 200°F/94°C when it’s done.
- Remove the bread from the Dutch oven and place it on a wire rack to cool to room temperature before cutting.
Storage
Place the bread in an airtight container and store at room temperature for 3 days.
​Helpful Tips
- Don’t over-flour your work surface. Too much flour will cause the dough to slide around, making it difficult to shape. If you don’t have enough surface tension, wipe away the flour, dry it with a towel, and try again. Or move to a clean workspace. There should be enough flour remaining on the dough so you don’t need to add any additional flour.
- Be gentle when shaping the dough. It’s a fine balance to handle the dough firm enough so you can move it where you want it, but also gentle enough so you don’t deflate the air bubbles in the dough. A bench scraper is a helpful tool when moving the dough, especially when working with a sticky dough.
- Properly preheat the Dutch oven – Ensure the Dutch oven is nice and hot to create a proper oven spring when you place your bread into the oven. The bread will continue to rise, up to 30%, in the first 10 minutes of the baking time as the yeast reacts to the heat. ​
What To Eat With Everything Sourdough Bread?
- Top with savory spreads like hummus, flavored cream cheese spreads, or mashed avocado.
- Make a breakfast sandwich with slices of bacon and a fried egg.
- Build amazing sandwiches with your favorite meats, cheeses, and fresh toppings like tomatoes, lettuce, and pickles.
- Enjoy a slice with a bowl of soup or salad.
Sourdough Bread Sample Baking Schedule
Baking with sourdough can be a bit intimidating at first since so many variables are involved. But once you understand the process, it’s quite simple and highly flexible to accommodate your schedule. Here is a sample baking schedule.
| 8:00 am | Mix the levain and allow it to peak |
| 11:00 am | Mix the dough and rest for 30 minutes |
| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | 4 sets of stretch and folds with 30 minute intervals |
| 1:00 – 5:00 pm | Bulk ferment at room temperature |
| 5:00 pm | Shape the dough and place into a proofing basket |
| 5:10 – 7:10 pm | Proof the dough |
| 6:40 pm | Preheat Dutch oven |
| 7:10 pm | Score and bake the bread dough |
Sourdough Bread FAQs
Do I Need to Use a Kitchen Scale?
I know that buying a kitchen scale seems like one more thing, however, measuring by weight instead of volume ensures consistent sourdough bread doughs. Investing in an inexpensive scale is a great idea if you plan to bake sourdough bread regularly.
How Do I Keep the Bottom of My Sourdough From Burning?
Sometimes the bottom of the sourdough bread gets too hot in the oven and burns. If this happens, preheat the Dutch oven with a baking sheet on the rack beneath it. This will help shield the heat and prevent the bottom from getting too dark.
Can You Add Everything Bagel Seasoning to Sourdough Bread?
Yes! I find folding some seasoning into the dough when you mix it and adding some to the top before it bakes gives the bread the biggest flavor!
How to get Everything Bagel Seasoning to Stick to the Bread?
The best way to get the seasoning to stick is to spray the top of the bread dough with water. After sprinkling the seasoning, press it into the dough so it makes contact with the dough. I’ve found that adding the seasoning to the dough before placing it into the banneton works just as well as after it’s done proofing, but leaves the banneton messy.
I’d love to hear from you! If you made this Everything Sourdough Bread Recipe and loved it, I would love it if you gave it 5 stars! Happy Baking!
Sourdough Everything Bread Recipe
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Equipment
- 6 qt Dutch oven
- mixing bowl
- kitchen scale
- Danish dough whisk
- parchment paper or dough sling
Ingredients
Levain
- 42 g active sourdough starter
- 42 g water
- 42 g all-purpose flour
Sourdough Everything Bagel Bread Ingredients
- 365 g water 1½ cups + 1 tbsp
- 125 g all of levain (can replace with active sourdough starter) ½ cup
- 6 g sea salt 1 tsp
- 45 g everything bagel seasoning 4 tbsp, divided
- 500 g bread flour 4 cups
Instructions
Mix the Levain
- Combine 42 g active starter, 42 g water, and 42 g all-purpose flour in a clean container, like a pint mason jar. Cover and sit in a warm place for 3 hours, or until it comes to its peak.
Mix Sourdough Bagel Bread Dough
- Combine 365 g (1 ½ cups + 1 tbsp) water, 1 tsp salt, 125 g (½ cup) levain, and 25 g (2 ½ tbsp) everything bagel seasoning into a large mixing bowl. Use a dough whisk to mix the ingredients, breaking up the starter.
- Next, add 500 g (4 cups) bread flour and mix until all of the flour is incorporated with the other ingredients.
Strengthen the Dough | Bulk Fermentation
- Cover the bowl with a piece of plastic wrap or a damp tea towel and let rest for 30 minutes.
- Strengthen the sourdough bagel dough with a series of stretch and folds. Grab the side of the dough, lift it straight up, and fold it over to the middle of the bowl. Rotate the bowl a quarter of a turn and repeat. Continue the stretch and folds until you feel the dough become resistant, roughly 8-12 folds. Cover and let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
- This completes one set of stretch and folds. Continue for a total of 4 sets of stretch and folds. The bread dough will look shaggy and break easily at first but will transform to a smooth, elastic dough by the end of the stretch and fold process.
- Cover the bowl and set in a warm spot in your kitchen for 2-4 hours or until the dough doubles in size. The bulk fermentation process can vary depending on the room temperature. My kitchen is cool during the winter months so I often place the covered bowl into the oven with the light on.,
Shape
- Use a dough scraper and turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Gently adjust the dough into a circle.
- To shape the dough, starting at the top, stretch the dough outward and fold it down to its center. Repeat on the bottom. Then, fold each side to the middle. Use a bench scraper and gently flip the dough over so that the folds are facing down.
- Let the dough rest for 5-10 minutes to allow the gluten to relax. With lightly floured hands, cup the dough and pull it towards you to shape it into a tight ball, adjusting your hand placement as needed.
Proof
- Place the dough into a banneton dusted with rice flour seam side up, cover, and proof for two hours at room temperature.
Optional Cold Proof
- Instead of proofing at room temperature, place the covered bowl or banneton in a plastic bag and refrigerate for up to 24 hours.
Bake
- Preheat the Dutch oven for 30 minutes at 450°F/232°C.
- Tip the sourdough out of the banneton and onto a piece of parchment paper or a dough sling.
- Spray the top of the dough with water. Sprinkle the top of the dough with 20 g (2 tbsp) everything bagel seasoning, gently pressing it into the dough.
- Use a lame, sharp knife, or clean razor blade to score the top of the dough roughly 1/4-1/2 inch deep, giving the bread a place to expand as it bakes.
- Bake for 30 minutes with the lid on. Remove the lid and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes. The internal temperature of the bread will be 200°F/94°C when it's done.
- Remove the bread from the Dutch oven and place on a wire rack to cool to room temperature before cutting. While it may be tempting to slice a piece of bread while it's warm (because it's delicious) doing so will cause moisture to escape, which can cause the bread to be drier.
Storage
- Place bread in an airtight container and store at room temperature for 3 days.
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I made this last week and liked it so much I’m making another loaf now. only issue I had was that the topping of bagel seasoning didn’t stay on well and made a big mess when slicing. I’m wondering how it would work with sprinkling it in the bottom of the banneton before putting the dough in.
Mike,
I’m so glad that you enjoyed the loaf of bread. Some of the topping will fall off as you cut into it. I’ve never tried adding this topping to the bottom of the banneton, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Please report back what you find out! Thanks
I had such high hopes for an easier recipe to use. Easy to make but it just didn’t work out for me. Let me start by saying that my recently fed starter was strong. The consistency of my dough never reached the smooth & elastic phase and was very tacky. Even though I kept the dough covered in my oven with the light on during bulk fermentation, the dough never doubled in size even after almost double the approximate time listed.
The other thing that I would like to mention is that there is a typo. In the ingredients section it’s listed that 2 1/2 cups of warm water is needed which conflicts with the 1 1/2 cups of water that is listed in the instructions.
I’m sorry to hear that it didn’t turn out for you. It sounds like your process was similar to what I would do. That’s the adventure in baking with sourdough…so many variables. I hope you try again! Thanks for catching the typo. I’ll update the recipe card.
Can I add the Everything but the bagel seasoning during shaping if I did not add it in during the mixing and stretch and folds?
Yes, but the seasoning will be dispursed differently throughout the dough.
This is my go-to recipe. I switch out the everything seasoning for whatever meal I’m planning. This dough works beautifully with everything so far.